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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/U%C5%9Faqlar%C4%B1n_cinsi_istismar%C4%B1" title="Uşaqların cinsi istismarı – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Uşaqların cinsi istismarı" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%81_%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%8C%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%A8" title="শিশু যৌন নির্যাতন – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="শিশু যৌন নির্যাতন" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ab%C3%BAs_sexual_infantil" title="Abús sexual infantil – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Abús sexual infantil" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camdrin_plant_yn_rhywiol" title="Camdrin plant yn rhywiol – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Camdrin plant yn rhywiol" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seksuelt_misbrug_af_b%C3%B8rn" title="Seksuelt misbrug af børn – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Seksuelt misbrug af børn" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexueller_Missbrauch_von_Kindern" title="Sexueller Missbrauch von Kindern – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Sexueller Missbrauch von Kindern" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapse_seksuaalne_v%C3%A4%C3%A4rkohtlemine" title="Lapse seksuaalne väärkohtlemine – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Lapse seksuaalne väärkohtlemine" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%B1%CE%B9%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CF%83%CE%B5%CE%BE%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%AF%CE%B7%CF%83%CE%B7" title="Παιδική σεξουαλική κακοποίηση – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Παιδική σεξουαλική κακοποίηση" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_sexual_abuse" title="Child sexual abuse – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Child sexual abuse" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuso_sexual_infantil" title="Abuso sexual infantil – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Abuso sexual infantil" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seksa_misuzo_de_infanoj" title="Seksa misuzo de infanoj – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Seksa misuzo de infanoj" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haurren_aurkako_sexu-abusu" title="Haurren aurkako sexu-abusu – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Haurren aurkako sexu-abusu" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87_%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D8%B2_%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%AF%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86" title="سوءاستفاده جنسی از کودکان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سوءاستفاده جنسی از کودکان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agression_sexuelle_sur_mineur" title="Agression sexuelle sur mineur – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Agression sexuelle sur mineur" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernemisbr%C3%BBk" title="Bernemisbrûk – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Bernemisbrûk" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuso_sexual_infantil" title="Abuso sexual infantil – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Abuso sexual infantil" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EB%8F%99_%EC%84%B1%ED%95%99%EB%8C%80" title="아동 성학대 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아동 성학대" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%A5%D5%BC%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%A2%D5%BC%D5%B6%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6_%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AB_%D5%B6%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A2" title="Սեռական բռնություն երեխաների նկատմամբ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Սեռական բռնություն երեխաների նկատմամբ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%A3" title="बाल यौन शोषण – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="बाल यौन शोषण" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelecehan_seksual_terhadap_anak" title="Pelecehan seksual terhadap anak – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Pelecehan seksual terhadap anak" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuso_sexual_de_infantes" title="Abuso sexual de infantes – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Abuso sexual de infantes" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%AA%D7%A2%D7%9C%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%93%D7%99%D7%9D" title="התעללות מינית בילדים – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="התעללות מינית בילדים" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tvirkinimas" title="Tvirkinimas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Tvirkinimas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B7%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%86%D0%B0" title="Сексуална злоупотреба на деца – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Сексуална злоупотреба на деца" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penderaan_seksual_kanak-kanak" title="Penderaan seksual kanak-kanak – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Penderaan seksual kanak-kanak" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%80%E1%80%9C%E1%80%B1%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9E%E1%80%B0%E1%80%84%E1%80%9A%E1%80%BA%E1%80%A1%E1%80%95%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AB%E1%80%BA_%E1%80%9C%E1%80%AD%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%95%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%86%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%9B%E1%80%AC_%E1%80%99%E1%80%90%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%BA%E1%80%99%E1%80%90%E1%80%9B%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8%E1%80%95%E1%80%BC%E1%80%AF%E1%80%99%E1%80%B0%E1%80%81%E1%80%BC%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8" title="ကလေးသူငယ်အပေါ် လိင်ပိုင်းဆိုင်ရာ မတော်မတရားပြုမူခြင်း – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ကလေးသူငယ်အပေါ် လိင်ပိုင်းဆိုင်ရာ မတော်မတရားပြုမူခြင်း" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seksueel_kindermisbruik" title="Seksueel kindermisbruik – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Seksueel kindermisbruik" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97" title="बाल यौन दुरुपयोग – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="बाल यौन दुरुपयोग" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%90%E7%AB%A5%E6%80%A7%E7%9A%84%E8%99%90%E5%BE%85" title="児童性的虐待 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="児童性的虐待" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolalarga_nisbatan_jinsiy_zo%E2%80%98ravonlik" title="Bolalarga nisbatan jinsiy zo‘ravonlik – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Bolalarga nisbatan jinsiy zo‘ravonlik" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DA%86%D9%8E%DB%8C%D8%A7%DA%BA_%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%84" title="بچَیاں دا جنسی استحصال – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="بچَیاں دا جنسی استحصال" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wykorzystywanie_seksualne_dzieci" title="Wykorzystywanie seksualne dzieci – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Wykorzystywanie seksualne dzieci" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuso_sexual_de_menor" title="Abuso sexual de menor – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Abuso sexual de menor" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuz_sexual_asupra_copiilor" title="Abuz sexual asupra copiilor – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Abuz sexual asupra copiilor" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8C%D0%BC%D0%B8" title="Сексуальное насилие над детьми – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Сексуальное насилие над детьми" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapsen_seksuaalinen_hyv%C3%A4ksik%C3%A4ytt%C3%B6" title="Lapsen seksuaalinen hyväksikäyttö – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Lapsen seksuaalinen hyväksikäyttö" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexuella_%C3%B6vergrepp_mot_barn" 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</div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sexually_abused_boy_(ca_1910).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Sexually_abused_boy_%28ca_1910%29.jpg/220px-Sexually_abused_boy_%28ca_1910%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="304" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Sexually_abused_boy_%28ca_1910%29.jpg/330px-Sexually_abused_boy_%28ca_1910%29.jpg 1.5x, 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/></a><figcaption>Drawing showing the sexual abuse of children, from 1909</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Child sexual abuse</b> is a kind of <a href="/wiki/Child_abuse" title="Child abuse">child abuse</a> when an <a href="/wiki/Adult" title="Adult">adult</a> or someone else with power (can also be a <a href="/wiki/Minor_(law)" title="Minor (law)">minor</a> of any age) makes a <a href="/wiki/Child" title="Child">child</a> do any kind of sexual activities.<sup id="cite_ref-APA_Guidelines_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-APA_Guidelines-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In most cases, the position of power is important. The child is either unwilling or unable to consent. Children below the <a href="/wiki/Age_of_consent" title="Age of consent">age of consent</a> are unable to consent. In some cases activities such as kissing and hugging may be included.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Sexual_abuse" title="Sexual abuse">Sexual abuse</a> does emotional harm to children. Some of the effects do not show right away, and appear when the child has grown up. These effects can include <a href="/wiki/Clinical_depression" class="mw-redirect" title="Clinical depression">depression</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Roosa_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roosa-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Post-traumatic_stress_disorder" title="Post-traumatic stress disorder">post-traumatic stress disorder</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Widom2007_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Widom2007-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Anxiety" title="Anxiety">anxiety</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-levitan_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-levitan-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Borderline_personality_disorder" title="Borderline personality disorder">borderline personality disorder</a>, a higher chance of later abuse,<sup id="cite_ref-Messman-Moore_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Messman-Moore-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and physical injury.<sup id="cite_ref-dinw_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dinw-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Suicide" title="Suicide">Suicide</a> is one of the effects with victims being six times more likely to commit suicide and eight times more likely to attempt suicide over and over again throughout their lives. </p><p>There are different types of offenders. When a child is sexually abused by a family member, it is called "<a href="/wiki/Incest" title="Incest">incest</a>," and causes even more serious long-term psychological trauma than abuse by a stranger, especially when the incest is done by a parent.<sup id="cite_ref-Courtois_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Courtois-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Child sexual abuse may be committed by <a href="/wiki/Pedophile" class="mw-redirect" title="Pedophile">pedophiles</a> (adults who are sexually attracted to pre-<a href="/wiki/Pubescent" class="mw-redirect" title="Pubescent">pubescent</a> children) or by people who are not pedophiles; there are different reports on the number who are or are not pedophiles.<sup id="cite_ref-feelgood_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-feelgood-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-setovii_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-setovii-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Oxford_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oxford-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Child sexual abuse is not rare. Around a quarter of all women and a tenth of all men were sexually abused when they were children.<sup id="cite_ref-Whealin_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whealin-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Finkelhor1994_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Finkelhor1994-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Different places in the world have different rates of child sexual abuse. <a href="/wiki/Disabled" class="mw-redirect" title="Disabled">Disabled</a> children are more likely to be sexually abused than non-disabled children. For most children who are sexually abused, the person who abused them is somebody that they know. Around a third of child sexual abuse is by a relative of the child, most often fathers, uncles or cousins. Only around a tenth of child sexual abuse cases were abused by strangers, and the rest are other people whom the child knows such as friends of the family, babysitters, or neighbors. Men are the offenders in most child sexual abuse; women are the offenders in around 10% of the cases.<sup id="cite_ref-Whealin_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whealin-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Child_sexual_abuse&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: References" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Child_sexual_abuse&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: References"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9724317">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-APA_Guidelines-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-APA_Guidelines_1-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9724332">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFSchwartzMaresca2006" class="citation journal cs1">Schwartz, Jeffrey H.; Maresca, Bruno (December 2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://link.springer.com/10.1162/biot.2006.1.4.357">"Do Molecular Clocks Run at All? A Critique of Molecular Systematics"</a>. <i>Biological Theory</i>. <b>1</b> (4): 357–371. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1162%2Fbiot.2006.1.4.357">10.1162/biot.2006.1.4.357</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1555-5542">1555-5542</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:28166727">28166727</a>. <q><b>Abuse, sexual (child)</b>: generally defined as contacts between a child and an adult or other person significantly older or in a position of power or control over the child, where the <a href="/wiki/Child" title="Child">child</a> is being used for sexual stimulation of the adult or other person.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Biological+Theory&rft.atitle=Do+Molecular+Clocks+Run+at+All%3F+A+Critique+of+Molecular+Systematics&rft.volume=1&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=357-371&rft.date=2006-12&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A28166727%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft.issn=1555-5542&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1162%2Fbiot.2006.1.4.357&rft.aulast=Schwartz&rft.aufirst=Jeffrey+H.&rft.au=Maresca%2C+Bruno&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Flink.springer.com%2F10.1162%2Fbiot.2006.1.4.357&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AChild+sexual+abuse" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Martin, J., Anderson, J., Romans, S., <i>et al.</i> (1993). 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(April 1997). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0145213496001809">"The prevalence of child sexual abuse: Integrative review adjustment for potential response and measurement biases"</a>. <i>Child Abuse & Neglect</i>. <b>21</b> (4): 391–398. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1016%2FS0145-2134%2896%2900180-9">10.1016/S0145-2134(96)00180-9</a>. <a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9134267">9134267</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Child+Abuse+%26+Neglect&rft.atitle=The+prevalence+of+child+sexual+abuse%3A+Integrative+review+adjustment+for+potential+response+and+measurement+biases&rft.volume=21&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=391-398&rft.date=1997-04&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1016%2FS0145-2134%2896%2900180-9&rft_id=info%3Apmid%2F9134267&rft.aulast=Gorey&rft.aufirst=Kevin+M.&rft.au=Leslie%2C+Donald+R.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0145213496001809&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AChild+sexual+abuse" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Child_sexual_abuse&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: Further reading" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Child_sexual_abuse&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Further reading"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFWaterman1993" class="citation book cs1">Waterman, Jill (1993). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/behindplayground0000unse"><i>Behind the Playground Walls - Sexual Abuse in Preschools</i></a>. Kelly, Robert J.; Oliveri, Mary Kay; and McCord, Jane. New York, London: The Guilford Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-89862-523-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-89862-523-8"><bdi>0-89862-523-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Behind+the+Playground+Walls+-+Sexual+Abuse+in+Preschools&rft.place=New+York%2C+London&rft.pub=The+Guilford+Press&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=0-89862-523-8&rft.aulast=Waterman&rft.aufirst=Jill&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fbehindplayground0000unse&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AChild+sexual+abuse" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFDavis,_LauraBass,_Ellen1994" class="citation book cs1">Davis, Laura; Bass, Ellen (1994). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/couragetohealgui00bass_0"><i>The courage to heal: a guide for women survivors of child sexual abuse: featuring "Honoring the truth, a response to the backlash"</i></a>. New York: HarperPerennial. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0060950668" title="Special:BookSources/0060950668"><bdi>0060950668</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+courage+to+heal%3A+a+guide+for+women+survivors+of+child+sexual+abuse%3A+featuring+%22Honoring+the+truth%2C+a+response+to+the+backlash%22&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=HarperPerennial&rft.date=1994&rft.isbn=0060950668&rft.au=Davis%2C+Laura&rft.au=Bass%2C+Ellen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fcouragetohealgui00bass_0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AChild+sexual+abuse" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFLew,_Mike2004" class="citation book cs1">Lew, Mike (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/victimsnolongerc00lewm"><i>Victims No Longer (Second Edition) : The Classic Guide for Men Recovering from Sexual Child Abuse</i></a>. Perennial Currents. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/006053026X" title="Special:BookSources/006053026X"><bdi>006053026X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Victims+No+Longer+%28Second+Edition%29+%3A+The+Classic+Guide+for+Men+Recovering+from+Sexual+Child+Abuse&rft.pub=Perennial+Currents&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=006053026X&rft.au=Lew%2C+Mike&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fvictimsnolongerc00lewm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AChild+sexual+abuse" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Related_pages">Related pages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Child_sexual_abuse&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Change section: Related pages" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Child_sexual_abuse&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: Related pages"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Child_pornography" title="Child pornography">Child pornography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Child_abuse" title="Child abuse">Child abuse</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_websites">Other websites</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Child_sexual_abuse&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Change section: Other websites" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Child_sexual_abuse&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: Other websites"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://curlie.org//Society/Issues/Children,_Youth_and_Family/Child_Abuse/Sexual_Abuse/">Child sexual abuse</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Open_Directory_Project" title="Open Directory Project">Open Directory Project</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Published_articles">Published articles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Child_sexual_abuse&veaction=edit&section=5" title="Change section: Published articles" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Child_sexual_abuse&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section's source code: Published articles"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/statsinfo/nis3.cfm">Executive Summary of the Third National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect,</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080616110316/http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/statsinfo/nis3.cfm">Archived</a> 2008-06-16 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> 1996.</li> <li>Vigil, J. et al., <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://web.missouri.edu/~gearyd/Vigiletal%5BDP2005%5D.pdf">A Life History Assessment of Early Childhood Sexual Abuse in Women,</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080530120119/http://web.missouri.edu/~gearyd/Vigiletal%5BDP2005%5D.pdf">Archived</a> 2008-05-30 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <i>Developmental Psychology,</i> 2005.</li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; 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